NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Mazda Tribute Recalls
The 2006 Mazda Tribute has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 27, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Mazda Tribute. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 130
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Mazda Tribute, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Mazda Tribute
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 12V357000
- Reported
- July 27, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 217,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005, 2008 Tribute
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 05V525000
- Reported
- November 17, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,982
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Mazda Tribute
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005, 2007–2010 Tribute, 2 other models
2006 Mazda Tribute complaints by year
NHTSA has received 130 owner complaints about the 2006 Mazda Tribute, the newest on June 7, 2023. Of these, 9 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Mazda Tribute, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (38%), followed by the engine (12%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2006 Mazda Tribute's 3 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2006 Mazda Tribute owners gave the mileage (107 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control49
- Engine16
- Power Train14
- Structure13
- Suspension12
- Electrical System10
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Mazda Tribute peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 18. 18% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Mazda Tribute drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Mazda Tribute year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Mazda Tribute years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 130 complaints about the 2006 Mazda Tribute are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mazda Tribute by model year
Other 2006 Mazda models
Newest record on this page: June 7, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted